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The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a seabird in the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans, returning to land only to breed on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Taxonomy
The sooty tern has a pan-tropical distribution; the bridled tern also breeds across the Tropical Atlantic and Indian Ocean but in the central Pacific it is replaced by the spectacled tern. The Aleutian tern breeds around Alaska and Siberia but winters in the tropics around South East Asia.
Sooty tern, this species nests in the Culebra National Reserve. Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae. Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, terns, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet.
A few of the other vagrant birds (some also use the term “vagrant” to describe these species) that have been added to the park list over the years include a sooty tern in 1926; white-winged ...
Bird Island is the northernmost island in the Seychelles archipelago, 100 km from Mahe. The 0.94 km 2 coral island is known for its birdlife , including sooty terns , fairy terns and common noddies , and for hawksbill and green turtles .
And if you can make it out to the Keys, take a boat to Dry Tortugas National Park to spy nesting colonies of sooty tern and brown noddy, birds not found elsewhere in the United States.
A sooty tern flies over Lake Monroe on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The tern was one of a few "storm birds" found in Indiana after they were caught by Hurricane Helene and transported hundreds of miles ...
Sooty tern (O. fuscatus) Aleutian tern (O. aleuticus) ... In 1961 the common tern was the first wild bird species identified as being infected with avian influenza, ...